The qualifying round of the 2002–03 UEFA Cup was contested from 13 to 29 August 2002. A total of 82 teams participated in this round, which decided 41 of the 96 places in the first round.
Format In the qualifying round, each tie was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e., the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time were played, divided into two fifteen-minute halves. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e., if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided by penalty shoot-out.
Teams A total of 82 teams from 44 national associations were involved in the qualifying round, including three teams that qualified via the Fair Play ranking (FP).
Below are the participating teams, sorted by their 2002 UEFA club coefficient (in parentheses).
Key to coloursWinners of qualifying round advanced to first round
+ Qualifying round participantsTeam Ipswich Town32.729 Hapoel Tel Aviv26.666 Copenhagen24.687 Servette24.312 Varteks22.520 Wisła Kraków21.750 Red Star Belgrade18.165 Sigma Olomouc17.312 IFK Göteborg16.620 Amica Wronki15.750 Maccabi Tel Aviv15.666 Zenit Saint Petersburg14.645 Litex Lovech14.582 CSKA Sofia14.582 Viktoria Žižkov14.312 Leixões14.124 Brann13.737 Hajduk Split13.520 Aberdeen13.062 Livingston13.062 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia12.979Team Mouscron12.762 Stabæk12.737 Kärnten12.625 AIK12.620 Lugano11.312 HJK11.020 Rapid București10.958 Ferencváros9.874 Primorje8.916 Matador Púchov8.832 Polonia Warsaw8.750 Midtjylland8.687 Odense8.687 Djurgårdens IF8.620 Sartid8.165 Újpest7.874 Koba Senec7.832 Anorthosis Famagusta7.666 Național București6.958 Dinamo Tbilisi6.499 Gorica5.916Team AEL Limassol4.666 Liepājas Metalurgs4.582 MYPA4.020 Ventspils3.582 Zimbru Chișinău3.582 Locomotive Tbilisi3.499 Nistru Otaci2.582 Fylkir2.416 ÍBV2.416 Birkirkara2.249 Dinamo Minsk2.041 Gomel2.041 Atlantas1.915 Sūduva1.915 Dundalk1.665 Shamrock Rovers1.665 Pobeda1.498 Belasica1.498 Sliema Wanderers1.249 Bangor City0.916Team Total Network Solutions0.916 TVMK0.832 Levadia Tallinn0.832 Zvartnots Yerevan0.666 Spartak Yerevan0.666 Sarajevo0.666 Široki Brijeg0.666 Linfield0.665 Glentoran0.665 KÍ0.582 GÍ0.582 Tirana0.582 Partizani0.582 Vaduz0.500 Avenir Beggen0.416 Grevenmacher0.416 Domagnano0.000 Encamp0.000 Kairat0.000 Atyrau0.000
Notes
Seeding The draw was held on 21 June 2002 in Geneva. Before the draw, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams, based on their UEFA club coefficients at the beginning of the season. For convenience of the draw and to avoid pairing of teams from the same association, the teams were further divided into 10 groups (nine groups of eight teams and one group of ten teams), each containing an equal number of seeded and unseeded teams. In the draw, a seeded team from each group was paired with an unseeded team from the same group. The first team to be drawn played the first leg at home.
Group 1Group 2Group 3Group 4SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseededGroup 5Group 6Group 7Group 8SeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseededSeededUnseededGroup 9Group 10SeededUnseededSeededUnseeded
Summary
The first legs were played on 13 and 15 August, and the second legs were played on 29 August 2002.
Matches
Litex Lovech won 8–1 on aggregate.
Zenit Saint Petersburg won 13–0 on aggregate.
Matador Púchov won 2–0 on aggregate.
Wisła Kraków won 6–0 on aggregate.
Midtjylland won 3–2 on aggregate.
Primorje won 6–3 on aggregate.
Ventspils won 3–1 on aggregate.
Hapoel Tel Aviv won 5–1 on aggregate.
Ferencváros won 5–2 on aggregate.
Hajduk Split won 11–0 on aggregate.
Sūduva won 6–4 on aggregate.
Amica Wronki won 12–2 on aggregate.
Copenhagen won 7–2 on aggregate.
Kärnten won 6–2 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Livingston won on away goals.
Polonia Warsaw won 5–1 on aggregate.
Anorthosis Famagusta won 3–2 on aggregate.
Maccabi Tel Aviv won 3–2 on aggregate.
Leixões won 4–3 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Sarajevo won 5–3 on penalties.
Zimbru Chișinău won 5–3 on aggregate.
Újpest won 3–2 on aggregate.
Odense won 2–1 on aggregate.
CSKA Sofia won 5–1 on aggregate.
Dinamo Tbilisi won 5–1 on aggregate.
Servette won 5–0 on aggregate.
Djurgårdens IF won 5–1 on aggregate.
Varteks won 9–0 on aggregate.
Gomel won 5–0 on aggregate.
Aberdeen won 1–0 on aggregate.
AIK won 5–1 on aggregate.
Rapid București won 5–1 on aggregate.
Viktoria Žižkov won 5–0 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 5–0 on aggregate.
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia won 5–0 on aggregate.
Sartid won 2–1 on aggregate.
Široki Brijeg won 5–1 on aggregate.
Național București won 3–2 on aggregate.
Ipswich Town won 9–1 on aggregate.
Mouscron won 4–2 on aggregate.
Stabæk won 5–1 on aggregate.
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